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THIS WEEK # USC
TODAY
Last Lecture Series
with Dr. James Cutsinger,
“Thinking is a Present
Active Paiticiple and Other
Forgotten Truths; p.m.,
Harper College Gressetre
Room
FRIDAY
Theatre South Carolma
presents “The Country
Wife”: 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday; 3 p.m.
Sunday
SATURDAY.
Student Leadership
Training Conference: 9
a.rn. Russell House lobby
SUNDAY
USC Opera Presents:
3 p.m. School of Music
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Appeals courts
uphold finding
on partial-birth
abortion ban
Larry fleumeister
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Two
federal appeals courts
on opposite sides of the
country declared the Partial
Birth Abortion- Ban Act
unconstitutional Tuesday,
saying the measure lacks
an exception for cases in
which a woman’s health is
at stake.
The first ruling came
from a unanimous three
judge panel of the 9th
U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals. Hours later, a
three-judge panel of the
2nd U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals in Manhattan
issued a similar decision
in a 2-1 ruling.
The New York decision
affirmed a 2004 ruling
by a judge who upheld
the right to perform the
procedure even as he
called it “gruesome, brutal,
barbaric and uncivilized.”
Chief Judge John M.
Walker, a relative of
former President George
H.W Bush, said the court
was “compelled by a
precedent to invalidate a
statute that bans a morally
repugnant practice because
its application might deny
some unproven number of
women a marginal health
benefit.”
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Appetite for Construction
Nick Esares / THE GAMECOCK
An excavator begins construction Tuesday on new intramural fields behind the Strom
Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center.
State
Toxic pet food maker
• acknowledges failure
The maker of
contaminated pet food
that caused the deaths of
dozens of dogs nationwide
acknowledged Tuesday that
workers at its South Carolina
plant failed to follow internal
testing procedures to ensure
its product was safe.
The statement from
Diamond Pet Foods came as
the federal Food and Drug
Administration released a
i report showing the company
has no record of test
results for 12 shipments of
incoming corn in September
and October.
This particular period is
also the one during which
tainted grain slipped into
the plant.
Follow-up tests by the
FDA of four samples
of incoming corn from
September to November
were positive for aflatoxin,
a potentially deadly fungus
commonly found on corn
and other grains, while
Diamond’s tests were
negative.
Diamond Pet Foods
recalled 18 varieties of
dog and cat food that
was distributed across the
country and overseas after
a New York veterinarian
called in December to say
she had linked a dog’s death
to the company’s food.
I
Nation
Senate OKs Bernanke
as Reserve chairman
WASHINGTON — The
Senate on Tuesday approved
the nomination of Ben
Bernanke to be the next
chairman of the Federal
Reserve, the most influential
economic policy job in the
world.
Bernanke, 52, was cleared
on a voice vote after a short
debate in the chamber amid
strong bipartisan support.
He succeeds Alan
Greenspan, 79, who retired
Tuesday after 18 1/2 years,
making him the second
longest serving chairman at
the central bank.
c,,„ t:„ n.o
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Ky., was the only senator
requesting to be recorded
as voting against the
nomination. Bunning cited
concerns that Bernanke
would be too much in
Greenspan’s mold. “Sadly,
I have not seen very much
evidence of him being
independent,” Bunning
said.
A former Fed governor
and Princeton economic
professor,. Bernanke,
chairman of the White
House’s Council of
Economic Advisers, was
tapped by Bush in October
for the Fed post.
Bernanke must be sworn
in before he takes over as
the chairman of the Fed.
World
Madrid bomb suspect
goes on trial in Milan
MILAN, Italy — An alleged
ringleader of the March
2004 Madrid bombings
went on trial in a Milan
court Tuesday on charges of
international terrorism and
plotting another attack in an
undisclosed location.
Handcuffed and dressed in
white robes and a skullcap,
Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed
was escorted by police into
the courtroom and placed
in a cage off to the side of
the room. He listened to
the proceedings through an
interpreter.
The start of the trial
was thrown into some
uncertainty because Ahmed’s
lawyer didn’t show up in
court. However, Judge Luigi
Cerqua appointed another
attorney to represent Ahmed
and the hearing got under
way two hours later with
initial motions.
Italian police acting on
a tip from their Spanish
counterparts arrested Ahmed
in Milan three months
after the Madrid attacks.
He is accused of recruiting
extremists as the head of a
terrorist cell.
Spanish and Italian
authorities consider the
34-year-old Egyptian one
of the masterminds of the
bombings that killed 191
people.
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T AMECOCK
Nobody covers USC better. Nobody.
2006
Weather Forecast
TODBV THU. FBI. SHT. SUn.
High 62 High 68 High 66 High 63 High 98
loui 39 Low 52 Low 50 Low 91 Low 33
CRIME REPORT
THURSDAY, JAN. 26
Larceny of Clothing,
midnight
Columbia Hall.
918 Barnwell St.
The victim, 19, said
someone removed 10
button-down Polo shirts
and a microwave without
permission from his
room.
Estimated value: $630
Reporting Officer:
A. Mitchell
SUNDAY, JAN. 29
Larceny of Planter,
2 p.m.
McKisskk Museum,
816 Bull St.
Javan Waters, 39, said
someone removed a white
concrete planter from the
north side entrance of the
museum.
Estimated value: $200
Reporting Officer:
M.A. Winnington
MONDAY, JAN. 30
Accidental Damage,
10:04 a.m.
Patterson Hall,
1520 Devine St.
Raymond Saxon, 54,
said one of his employees
hit a window at Patterson
Hall while backing up a
leaf tractor.
Estimated value: $250
Repotting Officer:
M.A. Winnington
Suspicious Activity,
10:40 a.m.
Law Center,
1112 Greene St.
The complainant said
an unknown subject
in the men’s restroom
approached him on the
first floor.
The subject then
asked him if he wanted
to purchase some
illegal contraband. The
complainant refused and '
left die restroom to notify
the police.
Repotting Officer:
J.M. Havre Ison
Former UGA dean
to be interviewed
for law school post _
Rosemarie Cox
THE GAMECOCK.
The former dean of
the University of Georgia
Law School will visit USC
Friday and Saturday to be
interviewed for the position
of dean of the USC Law
School.
David E. Shipley has
served as dean at the
University of Georgia Law
School, as well as at the
University of Kentucky
School of Law and the
University of Mississippi
School of Law.
Shipley got his B.A.
from Oberlin College in
Oberlin, Ohio with honors
in the field of history
and was nominated for a
Rhodes Scholarship. He
received his law degree
from the University of
Chicago, where he served
as the executive editor of
the University of Chicago
Law Review.
Shipley’s former
colleagues spoke
enthusiastically about his
optimism.
“You won’t find a person
who is more upbeat and
cheerful than David
Shipley,” said Anne Proffitt
Dupre, who joined the
UGA Law School as a
professor in 1994.
“He always has a good
word to say, and he always
tries to look on the bright
side of every situation.”
Shipley led the UGA
Law School through a
series of changes, including
a school-wide technology
upgrade, a $3.2 million
classroom and library
renovation and a general
improvement in the
credentials of incoming
students.
Shipley is no stranger
to the Columbia campus.
He began as a visiting
assistant professor and
was named associate dean
for administration and
professor for the USC Law
School from 1977 to 1990.
He was named Teacher of
the Year for the 1989-1990
academic year.
Philip T. Lacy, a USC
law school professor, is the
interim dean.
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